Parliament: Estimates done, now onto the agenda
Saturday, 31 October 2015, 16:42
Last update: about 12 years ago
And so, it’s done and dusted. Two and a half weeks after Finance Minister Edward Scicluna delivered the Budget Speech for 2016, the estimates for 15 minutes have been debated and now all that is...
Bilingualism: Teach kids more than one language at a young age
Friday, 30 October 2015, 16:14
Last update: about 12 years ago
Malta has had a long history of being a bilingual nation. It served our tourism industry well in the fledgling years when Brits found a home away from home where just about everyone could speak...
Cancer: The great wake-up call
Wednesday, 28 October 2015, 12:21
Last update: about 12 years ago
On Monday, the World Health Organisation dropped an atomic bomb in terms of publishing a report which found that processed meat and even red meat is carcinogenic to humans. Worse still, it said...
Beyond U-turns – Labour's 360° on Gozo tunnel
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 11:42
Last update: about 12 years ago
Chris Said Labour has done a full circle on the Gozo tunnel issue. They have spent their two and a half years in government going round in a circle, and ending up exactly in the...
Transport: A welcome move... in theory
Tuesday, 27 October 2015, 11:38
Last update: about 12 years ago
The news that the government announced (in a convoluted way) in the budget, to allow general motor vehicle licence holders to be legally allowed to ride two-wheel vehicles with up to a capacity...
2015 International Day of the Girl
Sunday, 25 October 2015, 09:33
Last update: about 12 years ago
Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley
Once again this year, the United States is proud to celebrate the International Day of the Girl with our partners across the globe. The United Nations established the day in 2011 to recognise...
Firmly committed to inclusion and integration
Sunday, 25 October 2015, 09:30
Last update: about 12 years ago
Justyne Caruana
All the dictionaries that I know define the word ‘debate’ as ‘engaging in a formal discussion during which reasons and arguments are advanced for and against some proposal to be...
The issue of vacant properties
Sunday, 25 October 2015, 08:46
Last update: about 12 years ago
Every so often we hear about vacant properties. Usually they feature as the villains of the piece and are used as an argument against further development. But the issue is not so simple. Vacant...
Street parking in Hal Safi
Sunday, 25 October 2015, 08:44
Last update: about 12 years ago
This is a response to the letter sent by Mr. Francis Buhagiar (Some citizens are more citizens than others, TMIS 13 October) regarding Safi local council's decision to paint a yellow box outside a...